What Data Does Discover Uni Publish for Each Undergraduate Course?

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Discover Uni is the official UK-wide source of data, information and guidance about higher education, and for each undergraduate course it publishes official course-level data you can use to compare options. The site describes this as "the data we publish for each course," and explains it in an "About our data" section linked from the homepage. Use it when you want to check a course against official figures rather than rely on a university's own marketing.

What the site says it publishes

According to the Discover Uni homepage, the site lets you "search and compare official data for undergraduate courses" across the UK. The homepage also states that Discover Uni is "the official source of data, information and guidance about higher education across the UK."

The homepage does not list every individual data field. For the specific data published for each course, the site points you to its "About our data" page, which it describes as covering "the data we publish for each course on Discover Uni."

How the data supports course comparison

The homepage presents the core task as searching and comparing undergraduate courses in the UK, with a search box that accepts a course name and/or an institution. In practice, that means you can:

  • Search by course and/or institution to bring up matching undergraduate courses.
  • Save courses you are interested in; the homepage shows a "You have courses saved" area with a "View your courses" link.
  • Compare official data across the courses you have saved or found.

For example, if you are choosing between two institutions offering the same subject, you can search the subject, save both courses, and then compare the official data side by side rather than comparing prospectuses.

Where to find the data explanation and related guidance

The homepage links to three information areas:

Section What it covers
About our data "Find out about the data we publish for each course on Discover Uni."
How to apply "Find guidance on the application process."
How will I pay for it? "Find information on applying for student finance and the cost of living while at university."

There is also a "How to use Discover Uni" link: "Find out how to get the most out of the wealth of information available on Discover Uni."

Practical notes

  • The homepage does not state that the site or its data is free, and it does not mention login requirements. Check the site directly if access matters to you.
  • The site uses necessary cookies and offers optional analytics cookies; it states it does not use cookies for marketing purposes.
  • Start at the homepage search, then open "About our data" before drawing conclusions from any figure, so you understand what each data point represents.